Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Program Manager to join our dynamic team. The Technical Program Manager will be a key part of the Business Area (BA) leadership team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating technical projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Requirements:
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Develops and executes a program plan with engineering leadership that is consistent with the program budget, requirements, deliverables, and aligns with the overall BA strategy.
- Manage the overall program execution, actively mitigate risks to the program and promptly resolves issues that are impacting program performance.
- Serve as the primary customer interface and ensure that contract deliverables are delivered on time.
- Help grow the business by defining a growth/transition strategy for each assigned program, manage and actively engage with the customer base to drive achievement of the plan.
- Present formal and informal project status/plan briefings to the customer and corporate management through oral and written communications.
- Help mentor the technical team and lead select efforts to standardize best practices across the Company.
- Actively participate in program definition and capture for existing and new customers.
- Lead proposal and or capture efforts as assigned and ensure timely and successful delivery.
OTHER DUTIES
May be required to perform other duties as assigned by management, which are reasonably within the scope of the position.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Must possess and maintain a Security Clearance or the ability to obtain.
- Extensive knowledge of software systems and programming languages.
- Ability to engage key client stakeholders to identify needs and discuss Vadum capabilities and services.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary opportunity capture team in a matrixed organization with a collaborative and a team-centric culture.
- Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
EDUCATION/TRAINING/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, or related field required.
- 5+ years related professional (technical) experience required.
- 3+ years of industry experience in a technical leadership or program management position for defense R&D software programs with experience in supervising personnel, technology assessment, system design, system analysis, managing multiple technical programs including budgetary responsibility, planning and estimating work loading requirements, acquisition planning, communicating and interfacing with government customers.
- 3+ years of management experience or the ability to demonstrate management capabilities through equivalent leadership experiences.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in an office environment, setting at a desk in an office or meeting room.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Work requires regular and long periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Operates standard office equipment and keyboard.
- Occasionally carrying packages, laptop, and other small items- up to 15 pounds.
- Walk short distances throughout the building.
TRAVEL
Occasional travel may be required.
EEO Statement
It is the policy of Vadum to provide for an promote equal employment opportunity in employment compensation and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination based on age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, Vietnam Era Veteran status, genetic predisposition, or carrier status. Vadum is committed to assuring equal employment opportunity and equal access to services, programs, and activities for individuals with disabilities. It is the policy of Vadum to provide reasonable accommodation to a qualified individual with a disability to enable such individual to perform the essential functions of the position for which he/she is applying in which he/she is employed. Further, it is the policy of Vadum to provide reasonable accommodation for religious observers.
The policy applies to all employment practices and actions. It includes, but is not limited to, recruitment, job application process, examination and testing, hiring, training, disciplinary actions, rate of pay or other compensation, advancement, classification, transfer, reassignment and promotions.